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City Council gives preliminary approval to Harbor Point tax break
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore City Council gave preliminary approval on Monday to a proposal for a decade of tax breaks for Harbor Point, the future home of Exelon Corp.'s Baltimore headquarters. Two council members, Nick Mosby and Carl Stokes, voted against including...Tags: John Paterakis Sr., Harbor East, Exelon Corp., Under Armour Inc., Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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Rawlings-Blake challenged by council, comptroller
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake came under fire on two fronts Monday as the City Council sliced $6 million from her proposed budget and the city comptroller renewed allegations that the mayor's staff improperly purchased more than $650,000 in...Tags: Technology, Local Government, Edward L. Reisinger III, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran
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Council discards cuts, approves mayor's budget plan
The Baltimore City Council reversed course Thursday, rejecting millions of dollars in budget cuts it had endorsed earlier in the week, and passing Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's original $2.3 billion spending plan. The abrupt shift derailed $6...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections, Bernard C. Young, Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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City Council: Profiles in futility
City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young had a radical thought: that the city's legislative body might actually live up to its role as a co-equal branch of government and exercise some influence in how Baltimore will spend $2.3 billion in the next...
Tags: Elections, Finance, Sheila Dixon, Property Tax, Budgets and Budgeting
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Tax credit errors spur calls for audits
City and state lawmakers called Monday for stepped-up scrutiny of property tax credit programs in Baltimore, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found that chronic errors have cost the city millions of dollars in lost revenue, despite warnings...Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Carl Stokes, Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Tax Credits
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Council votes down bill seeking audits of city agencies
The Baltimore City Council defeated legislation Monday aimed at requiring city agencies to be audited at least once every two years. The council voted 8-7 against the measure sponsored by Councilman Carl Stokes, who appeared disheartened by the outcome....Tags: Helen Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Elections, Carl Stokes, Accounting and Auditing
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Mayor plans to raise bottle tax to pay for school construction
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will seek to raise the city's bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents as part of a plan to boost funding for school construction and repairs, her administration said Thursday.
The bottle tax money and other revenue would...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso, Bernard C. Young, Carl Stokes, Finance
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Exelon picks Harbor Point for future headquarters
Harbor Point, a development project led by bakery magnate and developer John Paterakis Sr., will be the site of the headquarters for the combined Constellation-Exelon company if the proposed merger is completed, the energy giants announced Wednesday.
The...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Real Estate, Business, RTKL Associates, Inc.
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Baltimore homeowner almost ends up in tax sale after city loses check
Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of the city's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call. Baltimore places liens on properties for unpaid property taxes, water bills and other municipal debts, then puts the liens up for auction every spring —...Tags: Local Government, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Financial and Business Services, Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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Canton house rehab without permits could lead to jail time
It was unusual enough when Baltimore housing officials had to get a search warrant to gain entry to a Canton rowhouse where they believed illegal renovations were occurring. But the owner's son had barred inspectors, and neighbors were complaining of work...
Tags: Trials, Criminal Laws, Renovation, Ellicott City, Laws
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What about the contractors on the illegal rehab?
Congratulations to the Baltimore housing department for taking aggressive action against a flagrant violator of housing codes designed to protect health and safety ("Canton rehab without permits could lead to jail," April 11), and to CityCouncilman...Tags: Ellicott City, Punishment, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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City will allow homeowners more time to pay off erroneous tax bills
In an about-face, Baltimore finance officials are telling five city homeowners who received two years’ worth of erroneous tax breaks that they can repay the city over time and without incurring interest or penalties. The city had demanded the...Tags: Patterson Park, Taxation, Credit and Debt, Tax Credits
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